ChromeAppHeroes is a docsify index of Chinese-language Chrome extension write-ups, 134 entries and counting

The repository holds articles about extensions, and no extension code

ChromeAppHeroes is a content project. Its description says it writes Chinese manuals for excellent Chrome extensions, and it is kept in sync with the WeChat official account named 0+1. Nothing here is installed into the browser. The primary language is shown as JavaScript, but package.json lists only two dependencies, fs-extra 11.2.0 and request 2.88.2, and the test script is the npm placeholder that exits with an error.

The top level of the repository tells the same story: README.md, a README/ folder, docs/, assets/, backup/, a main.js, a tagit.sh script and a folder of related resources. The JavaScript is housekeeping for building the index, not a product.

The homepage at zhaoolee.com/ChromeAppHeroes is the reading surface. The GitHub repository is the source behind it, under GPL-3.0, with no GitHub releases. The last push was on 6 October 2026 and the project is not archived.

Every entry is numbered, and the numbering shows which year each write-up came from

The README's table of contents runs in descending order. Entry 134 covers Media Harvest, an X (Twitter) media downloader. Entry 133 is Shift Translator Hover Toggle, which the title describes as using Chrome's built-in offline translation API as a stand-in for Immersive Translate. Further down sit 131 uBlock Origin Lite, 130 Get cookies.txt LOCALLY and 128 Wayback Machine.

Older entries carry a date suffix in the URL. Entry 123 ends in 2024-03-16, entry 118 in 2023-05-12, entry 112 in 2021-09-09 and entry 099 in 2021-03-22. The newest entries drop the suffix. A reader can therefore judge how old an article is by its link alone.

That age matters for a browser extension list. The 2020 and 2021 pieces, such as 089 on a local YouTube downloader and 082 on iGG Google access helper, describe extensions as they stood then. Chrome has since moved extensions to Manifest V3, which entry 131 names in its title, so older advice may no longer apply.

The index mixes ordinary utilities with downloaders and access tools

Most of the list is plain productivity software: Linkclump opens every link inside a rectangle you draw, Smart TOC adds a floating table of contents to any page, SVG Export saves vector images as PNG at any size, and Volume master controls volume per tab. There are RSS tools too, Feedbro and RSSHub Radar, and pomodoro timers, Marinara and Tide.

A second group is more contentious. Entries cover a Z-Library finder, a Google Play APK downloader, a TikTok viewer, a Douban resource downloader, and tools for reaching the Chrome Web Store from China. Entry 090 blocks QR code login on Taobao and JD.com so the password form shows by default.

The project writes about what these tools do; you decide whether a downloader suits the sites and terms you use.

A VPN referral link sits in the README next to the table of contents

Between the intro and the index, the README carries a paid VPN recommendation. The author names GLaDOS, a vmess-based provider, claims 1080P YouTube without stalls, and links a referral landing page. Entry 109 in the list is itself about a GLaDOS check-in tool for collecting days of access.

This is a commercial link inside an otherwise open-source documentation repository. The README states the recommendation as the author's, but there is no disclosure of what the author earns from the referral, so read the paragraph as an advertisement.

The license badge points at 996.ICU's license page, a protest-style badge unrelated to the repository's actual GPL-3.0 file. If you intend to reuse the text or assets, read the LICENSE file in the repository root and not the badge.

The site is built with docsify and hosted on GitHub Pages

The README states that the project uses docsify, the documentation generator that renders Markdown in the browser without a build step, and that it is hosted on GitHub Pages. That explains the hash-based URLs such as /#/134-media-harvest-x-twitter-m.md: each article is a Markdown file the page fetches on demand.

The practical effect for readers is simple. Search engines may index individual hash routes poorly, and a link to an article is a link to a client-side route. For contributors it means adding an article is adding a Markdown file and a line in the index, with the numbering maintained by hand or by the main.js script.

The repository also keeps a backup/ folder and a Chinese-named resources folder, which suggests earlier versions and supporting material live beside the live site. Open them before assuming their purpose.

Chinese only, with no English summary of any extension

The title, description and article text are in Chinese. The only English is a one-line translation of the project slogan: write a Chinese manual for the excellent Chrome plugin, let the Chrome plugin heroes benefit the human. Every table-of-contents entry is a Chinese headline, with the extension name in book-title brackets.

An English reader can still scan the extension names, since they are kept in their original form, but cannot judge what each article recommends. Use a browser translation or open the extension's store listing directly.

There is also no per-entry metadata in the README such as the extension's Web Store link, version, permissions or last update. The articles may cover that, but the index does not, so a quick audit of what an extension can access means opening the store page yourself.

Some listed extensions may be gone from the Chrome Web Store by now

A reading list ages differently from software. Entries date back to 2020, and extensions get removed, sold or rewritten. The README index has no field for flagging a dead link or an extension that changed owners.

The author's own sorting by number rather than by topic also makes finding a category hard. There is no tag, no category folder and no search beyond what docsify provides. If you want, say, every RSS tool, you scan the whole list for the words.

Treat each article as a starting point. Check the extension's current rating, permissions and developer in the Chrome Web Store before installing, especially for anything that reads cookies, as entry 130 does, or intercepts traffic.

Editorial conclusion

Read it if you read Chinese and want a human-picked shortlist of Chrome extensions with a write-up for each, from uBlock Origin Lite to Immersive Translate. Skip it if you need English documentation, a downloadable bundle or a maintained catalog with dates on every entry. Before installing anything listed, open the extension's own Chrome Web Store page, since the project republishes opinions and screenshots, not the extensions.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources

1. Issues
2. License: GPL-3.0
3. Project website
4. README
5. zhaoolee/ChromeAppHeroes on GitHub